Video: Huge crash at race in China as two groups of sprinters meet head-on
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Video: Huge crash at race in China as two groups of sprinters meet head-on
Video: Huge crash at race in China as two groups of sprinters meet head-on | road.cc
Wonder if they were riding chinese carbon bikes
Wonder if they were riding chinese carbon bikes
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How is that even possible? Who would have allowed two separate groups on the track at the same time -- GOING OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS?
11-19-15, 11:43 AM
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Wow....at first I couldn't figure out where the other (red/white) rider came from. Crazy , crazy ....race!
https://road.cc/content/news/171542-v...ters-meet-head
What seems to have happened is that the leading group, possibly through an error by marshals or the driver of the lead vehicle, deviated from the race route shortly before the finish line, reports.....
They then came round a bend to approach the finish arch from the wrong direction – just as the second group was sprinting for the line, and with disastrous consequences.
https://road.cc/content/news/171542-v...ters-meet-head
What seems to have happened is that the leading group, possibly through an error by marshals or the driver of the lead vehicle, deviated from the race route shortly before the finish line, reports.....
They then came round a bend to approach the finish arch from the wrong direction – just as the second group was sprinting for the line, and with disastrous consequences.
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The lead group were somehow misdirected so that they ended up coming into the finish area from the opposite direction just as the second group were sprinting for the finish from the correct side. Either the lead car or marshals are supposedly at fault.
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This Chinese video news report (link is external) on the incident shows the crash and its aftermath from a number of angles. What seems to have happened is that the leading group, possibly through an error by marshals or the driver of the lead vehicle, deviated from the race route shortly before the finish line, reports China.org.cn (link is external).
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They then came round a bend to approach the finish arch from the wrong direction – just as the second group was sprinting for the line, and with disastrous consequences.
- See more at: Video: Huge crash at race in China as two groups of sprinters meet head-on | road.cc
That's how they crashed.
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They then came round a bend to approach the finish arch from the wrong direction – just as the second group was sprinting for the line, and with disastrous consequences.
- See more at: Video: Huge crash at race in China as two groups of sprinters meet head-on | road.cc
That's how they crashed.
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New sport: The shuttle run with bicycles. Awesome.
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oh the things the sport will do to bring in sponsor $$$...
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